Spent the next few hours dressing the dolls for Easter and the spring holidays. Samantha wears her lovely pink and magenta Flower Picking Dress. Kit may not be a fan of ruffles, but she still looks cute in her shell pink Candy Making Dress. Josefina celebrates her feast day last week in her Feast Day Outfit with the pretty turquoise skirt, ruffled camisa, and orange sash. Jessa gets the purple fruit-print Birthday Outfit T-shirt and jumper from 1998. Felicity and Molly have birthdays next month. Lissie gets to wear her salmon pink Birthday Dress and the floral Pinner Apron, but Molly's Birthday Pinafore is short-sleeved and too thin for early spring. She's in her aqua Polka-Dot Outfit and white t-straps instead.
Ariel looks really good in Julie's original Birthday Dress with the pale blue, yellow, and tan flower trim and the straw hat with the blue flower. Whitney and Barbara Jean wear hand-made creations from eBay. Whitney's is white with pastel polka-dots, a full skirt, lace and ribbon trim on the bodice, and shiny purple shoes. Barbara Jean has a geometric-print mini-dress in purple, pink, magenta, and yellow with yellow ruffled trim. She wears it with her pink vinyl heels from her prom dress and a magenta ribbon and headband. Since the dress is sleeveless, she has a white lace jacket over it.
Ran Buzzr while I dressed the dolls. The ladies dominated Press Your Luck today. On the first episode, one of the ladies beat the one guy when he hit a Whammy on his last turn and won a billiard table, a trip to Boston, and a camera. She in turn was beat in the next episode by a woman who was more than happy to pick up cash, a motorcycle, and a trip to Japan.
Split Second wasn't nearly that exciting. The college student who said he badly needed something to drive to school dominated both episodes with no trouble. He finally got his wish and picked up the car outright in the second show.
Let's Make a Deal began well, with another deal where people either kept the money or took a prize and passed the money to the next person. In this case, the guy got the zonk, but the ladies ended up with appliances and cash, respectively. A Nigerian gentleman in traditional African garb opted to keep his Door 4 money, rather than go for the wheel. He and another lady traded their money for the Big Deal of the Day. While she got kitchen appliances, he ended up with a gorgeous piano, a stereo, TV, and living room furniture.
(Oh, and it looks like Buzzr's next weekday marathon will be "Spring Break Getaway," starting the day after my birthday next month. From the looks of things, that means episodes of shows that feature vacations to exotic ports of call as prizes, like Sale of the Century, Classic Concentration, Press Your Luck, and Let's Make a Deal.)
Headed out for a short walk after Deal ended. It rained early in the morning, but by 2:30, the rain had long subsided. It remained cloudy, windy, and cool as I strolled down to the pretzel shop. I wanted soft pretzels and a cheesesteak-stuffed pretzel, but despite the stuffed ones being on display, they were apparently out of them. They did give me one more regular pretzel than I asked for.
Ate lunch while watching The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise. I went further into this and The First Easter Rabbit at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog last year.
After lunch, I did job hunting and watched Joyful Noise. I go further into the story of two women and their differing views on how their choir should perform at an upcoming contest at my Musical Dreams blog.
Worked on writing after the movie ended. Shy Kathleen is busy making arrangements in the floral shop when Mrs. Rowland reminds her that the Spring Festival is coming. Kathleen just wishes the weather would behave. It's cold and dreary, though the snow is slowly melting. Mrs. Rowland would rather focus on the orders, especially for the royal castle. The King and Queen will be having several visitors, including a Duchess who is rumored to be a sorceress. Kathleen is more excited that the handsome and gentle prince will be returning from college when the spring arrives.
Broke for dinner and Match Game Syndicated at 7 PM. Bit surprised Buzzr ran this episode. They're usually sensitive to the word "midgets" and either skip or mute questions that feature that word, but it was heard quite prominently from Scoey and Brett as the answer to a question near the end of the show.
Finished out the night listening to records while I worked on the Joyful Noise review. Began with another Columbia seasonal collection, Tune Up For Spring. While we do hear the Ray Conniff "Younger Than Springtime" again, other songs are new to this collection. Favorites include "April Showers" by Al Jolson, "I'll Remember April" by Jo Stafford, "Everything's Coming Up Roses" by The Hi-Los, and two darker spring songs by Polly Bergan, "Spring Is Here" and "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year."
I didn't realize the LP soundtrack for Easter Parade only had about half the songs. Admittedly, we do get my favorites from this charming score, including Judy Garland and Fred Astaire's hilarious "A Couple of Swells," Peter Lawford's charming "A Fella With an Umbrella," and Astaire's "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" and "Steppin' Out With My Baby." It's missing Garland's first solo "I Want to Go Back to Michigan," Astaire's "Happy Easter" and "Drum Crazy," and the big chorus routine "The Girl On the Magazine Cover."
I've heard R&B group the Stylistics' music all my life without really realizing they made some of my favorite songs. Though apparently their popularity was on the wane in the US by the time The Best of the Stylistics came out in 1975, it still did relatively well here, and even better in England. Some of my favorite songs from the early 70's can be found here, including "You are Everything," "Break Up to Make Up," "Betcha By Golly Wow," and "Stoned In Love With You."
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